Leaving on Tuesday

Well I am leaving on Tuesday. Time has gone by so fast. I am surprised that I am not more nervous about leaving the country for a few years. I am more excited than anything. I am ready for a change. For new beginnings. Aylmer has had its ups and downs but I don't regret moving here because it was in this little town that I grew up. That I went through the greatest times and the worst times. It's an interesting little place to spend your teenage years.

I am just about done with everything. Just some of the little things now. Like buying pringles. I love pringles. And other things that aren't mentioned because they aren't as important as pringles. I can't think of anything else to say so I will write again from the other side.

If you are the praying kind I would really appreciate your prayers on a few things:
a)Crossing the border.
That there won't be any problems. That it goes smooth. That the border guard is nice!
b)Traveling.
For my dad as he is driving. That he will have lots of energy and not get tired. That I can sleep through all of my cousins's talking :)
c)And for me.
That I will be able to prepare myself mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Thanks!

Preparing for the future

So here I am. Only a few weeks away from beginning my "adult life." It's strange that everything I have always longed for and have waited for is actually happening. I am very excited for this next step in my life but I must admit the nerves are there as well. But I cannot focus on the fear of failure. I will not. Last summer I went on a missions trip to South Africa and my team leader Michelle told us that "This trip is what you make it." Those words changed a lot of things for me. It was my motto during the trip but it has also become a motto for everything I do in life.
So I will make CCM the best few years of my life. I had posted a quote on my facebook group. One by Eleanor Roosevelt. She once said, “The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.” This is what I intend to do. I want to live. I want to feel alive. One of my favourite quotes ever is by Gil Baile when he said, "Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Right on.